The collaborative project of Rui Andrade & Afonso Ferreira encapsulates a full-blown vi- sion of electronic music, one that feels both vulnerable and overwhelming, nebulous, yet assured. Armed with razor-sharp synthesizers and angelic auto-tuned vocals, HRNS’ re- corded work expresses a yearning for true intimacy and closeness in the age of virtual shallowness. “Monuments” EP, released May 9th on Eastern Nurseries, sees the duo step back from the glimmering azure strokes of their previous work and embrace an almost operatic yet deeply flawed approach. Initially composed as a sketchbook for a performan- ce that never was, “Monuments” exists in this liminal rift of ideas; a memorial of deeply evocative vignettes and disruptive time expectations, none of them quite fully developed but subtly assuming their roles in a future constellation.